The devastation by grasshoppers, and the ongoing water shortage were 2 of the drought issues highlighted at yesterdays farmers meeting with federal government drought assessors. "This year the grasshoppers were so bad they cleared the understorey out and sheep haven't done well because there ...

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International aid agencies are rushing to get food and shelter to the Bahamas where some 70,000 people have been left homeless from Hurricane Dorian. It's been more than a week since the hurricane slammed into the Bahamas, decimating two northern islands. The death toll now stands at 43 but that's ...

Hurricane Dorian has hit the Bahamas with the country's Prime Minister warning the category-five storm will be a test the likes of which the islands have never seen before. There are fears that a six-metre storm surge could overwhelm low-lying parts of the country with the storm also threatening ...

Storms and floods across Nepal, Bangladesh and India have killed more than 100 people. More than a million people have also been displaced and monsoon season's just begun. Guest: Marwan Jilani, Head of Delegation, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) ...

Two bodies have been found in floodwaters in the Townsville suburb of Aitkenvale. The fatalities were confirmed, as the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts further heavy rain and flash-flooding across the tropical north-east. In Townsville, hundreds of people have been evacuated as the city ...